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BOCARDO
Bo
*
car
"
do,
n.
Etym:
[A
mnemonic
word.
]
1. (
Logic
)
Defn: A
form
of
syllogism
of
which
the
first
and
third
propositions
are
particular
negatives,
and
the
middle
term
a
universal
affirmative.
Baroko
and
Bocardo
have
been
stumbling
blocks
to
the
logicians.
Bowen.
2. A
prison;
--
originally
the
name
of
the
old
north
gate
in
Oxford,
which
was
used
as
a
prison.
[
Eng.
]
Latimer.
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